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The productive ward: releasing time to care - learning and impact review
No full textThe Productive Ward: Releasing time to care™ programme aims to empower ward teams to identify areas for improvement by giving staff the information, skills and time they need to regain control of their ward and the care they provide.The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement commissioned Kings College London to undertake a review of the Productive Ward programme. This review (undertaken February-June 2009) set out to establish the overall learning from and impact of The Productive Ward programme since its conception in 2005, and to suggest how this can be spread and sustained.The review applies an evidence-based Diffusion of Innovation framework to The Productive Ward programme to examine multi-level perspectives (national, regional, local) of learning and impact. The findings are informed by in-depth interviews with national and regional stakeholders, a national online-survey of frontline staff, and case studies of implementation within five NHS acute Trusts.Overall, this review finds The Productive Ward programme has been successfully framed and communicated in a way that connects with frontline NHS staffs’ need and will for change, and that it thrives where local leadership and ownership are strong. The review suggests 15 ‘top tips’, which comprise of key lessons from the programme to date that will assist trusts in local implementation in the future
Measurement of the ratio of prompt χ c to J / ψ production in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV
No full textThe prompt production of charmonium χ c and J / ψ states is studied in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 7 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider. The χ c and J / ψ mesons are identified through their decays χ c → J / ψ γ and J / ψ → μ + μ - using 36 pb - 1 of data collected by the LHCb detector in 2010. The ratio of the prompt production cross-sections for χ c and J / ψ, σ (χ c → J / ψ γ) / σ (J / ψ), is determined as a function of the J / ψ transverse momentum in the range 2 < p T J / ψ < 15 GeV / c. The results are in excellent agreement with next-to-leading order non-relativistic expectations and show a significant discrepancy compared with the colour singlet model prediction at leading order, especially in the low p T J / ψ region
Tetraponera inermis Ward, 2009, sp. n.
No full textTetraponera inermis sp. n. (Figs 5, 15-16, 25) Tetraponera psw81; Fisher 1996:100; Fisher 1999: 134. Cited in faunal inventories. Holotype worker. MADAGASCAR Toamasina: 1 km SSW Andasibe (= Périnet), 920 m, 18°56'S48°25'E, 16.xi.1990, ex rotten stick on ground, rainforest, P. S. Ward#10941 (CASENT0012862) (CASC). Paratypes. Series of workers and queens, same locality as holotype, 16.xi.1990 and 12.xii.1990 (P. S. Ward#10940, 19041, 11143) (BMNH, CASC, MCZC, PSWC, SAMC, UCDC). Material Examined.-(BMNH, CASC, CUIC, MCZC, NHMV, PSWC, SAMC, UCDC) MADAGASCAR Fianarantsoa: 43 km S Ambalavao, Res. Andringitra, 825 m (Fisher, B. L.); 8 km E Kianjavato, 145 m (Alpert, G.); FC Vatovavy, 175 m (Fisher, B. L.; et al.); Manombo, 30 m (Fisher, B. L.; et al.); R.S. Ivohibe, 7.5 km ENE Ivohibe, 900 m (Fisher, B. L.); Vevembe, 600 m (Fisher, B. L.; et al.); Toamasina: 1 km SSW Andasibe (= Périnet), 920 m (Ward, P. S.); Andasibe (Périnet) (Brooks, R. W.); F.C. Andriantantely, 530 m (Ratsirarson, H. J.); Mont. Anjanaharibe, 18.0 km 21° NNE Ambinanitelo, 470 m (Fisher, B. L.; et al); Permet (Noyés, J. S.; Day, M. C); PN Zahamena, 860 m (Fisher, B. L.; et al.); PN Zahamena, Sahavorondrano River, 765 m (Fisher, В. L.; et al.); Res. PerinetAnalamazotra, 930-1040 m (Oison, D. M.); Res. Perinet-Analamazotra, 950 m (Oison, D. M.); vie. Andasibé (=Perinet), 950-980 m (Brown, W. L.; Brown, D. E.); Toliara: 10 km NW Enakara, Rés. Andohahela, 430 m (Fisher, В. L.); 10 km SSW Eminiminy, 750 m (Rajeriarison, E.); 11 km NW Enakara, Rés. Andohahela, 800 m (Fisher, В. L.); 5 km NNW Isaka-Ivondro, Rés. Andohahela, 280 m (Ward, P. S.); 5 km WNW Mandiso, Res. Andohahela, 400 m (Rajeriarison, E.); 5 km WNW Mandiso, Rés. Andohahela, 400 m (Ward, P. S.); 6 km SSW Eminiminy, 250 m (Alpert, G. D.); 6 km SSW Eminiminy, 250 m (Rabeson, P.); 6 km SSW Eminiminy, 250 m (Rajeriarison, E.); 6 km SSW Eminiminy, Rés. Andohahela, 330 m (Ward, P. S.); 9 km SSW Eminiminy, Rés. Andohahela, 500 m (Ward, P. S.); Forêt Ivohibe, 200 m (Fisher, В. L.; et al.); Fort Dauphin (eu.); Grand Lavasoa, 450 m (Fisher, В. L.; et al.); P.N. Andohahela, Manampanihy, 5.4 km 113° ESE Mahamavo, 650 m (Fisher, В. L.; et al.); PN Andohahela, 275 m (Fisher, B. L.; et al). Worker measurements (n = 11). HW 1.02-1.27, HL 1.05-1.42, LHT 1.05-1.38, CI 0.88-0.97, FCI 0.12-0.15, REL 0.31-0.36, REL2 0.35-0.39, SI 0.72-0.76, FI 0.29-0.31, PLI 0.50-0.55, PWI 0.43-0.53. Worker diagnosis. Similar to T. grandidieri (q.v.). Basal margin of mandible lacking tooth; anterior clypeal margin broadly convex and crenulate, directed forward; head relatively broad (CI 0.88- 0.97); metanotal spiracle not visible in lateral view of mesosoma (Fig. 5), subtended laterally and anterolaterally by a pair of concavities that are separated by a transverse carina; dorsal face of propodeum broadly convex in posterior view; standing pilosity and appressed pubescence generally sparse; integument mostly sublucid, with fine coriarious/puncticulate sculpture; head and mesosoma reddish-brown, upper part of propodeum often a darker red than rest of mesosoma; metasoma and appendages paler. Comments. The worker of this species can be recognized by the absence of a tooth on the basal margin of the mandible; the more or less concolorous reddish-brown body (the upper half of propodeum is often a richer dark red, and the metasoma is paler); and the lack of a protruding metanotal spiracle when the mesosoma is viewed in profile (Fig. 5). In addition, the head tends to be broader than that of T. grandidieri and Г. hespera (CI 0.88-0.97, versus 0.77-0.88 in T. grandidieri and 0.78- 0.90 in T. hespera). From T. hespera it can also be distinguished by the ratio of metatibial length to head width (LHT/HW 1.02-1.09 in T. inermis, and 1.10-1.22 in T. hespera). In earlier identifications of muséum material I assigned the code name Tetraponera psw81 to this species. During initial examination of Tetraponera hirsuta I misidentified it as T. inermis, using the code name Tetraponera psw81. This is thebasis for the record of " Tetraponera psw081" from Manongarivo (Fisher 2002: 318). In fact, T. inermis is not known from that region. In the Forel collection (MHNG, Geneva) there is a problema tic worker from " Nosibé, village de lTmerina" [=Anosibe an'Ala at 19°26'S 48C13'E] (leg. Sikora). This worker is large (HW 1.49, LHT 1.79) and unicolored, with an elongate head (CI 0.78), yet the metanotal spiracles are not protruding in lateral view. This individuai combines features of T. inermis and T. grandidieri (unicolored form). At the moment I am unable to identify it with certainty. Distribution and biology. T. inermis occurs in eastern Madagascar from Montagne d'Anjanaharibe to the vicinity of Tolagnaro (Fort Dauphin) (Fig. 25). Collections all come from rainforest, at élévations ranging from 30 m to 1040 m. Nests are located in rotten sticks on the ground, and are small in size. At the type locality I found one dealate queen gleaning the surfaces of leaves, walking rapidly and raising her gaster in the air. She then returned to her nest -a cavity in a small soft dead twig on the ground -which proved to contain eggs, larvae and worker pupae. Thus, this species exhibits non-claustral colony-founding, a trait presumably shared with other members of the T. grandidieri group. The gasterraising behavior was observed in foraging workers of T. inermis but not those of the other two species with which T. inermis is sympatric: T. grandidieri and T. merita. Camponotus reaumuri Forel (related to C. putatus Forel) is a possible mimic of T. inermis.Published as part of Ward, P. S., 2009, The ant genus Tetraponera in the Afrotropical region: the T. grandidieri group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 285-304 in Journal of Hymenoptera Research 18 on pages 297-29
Assignment of SYNJ1 to human chromosome 21q22.2 and synj1 to the murine homologous region on chromosome 16C3-4 by in situ hybridization
No full textPseudomyrmex laevifrons Ward
No full text<i>Pseudomyrmex laevifrons</i> Ward <p>(Fig. 5)</p> <p> <i>Pseudomyrma laeviceps</i> F. Smith 1877: 63. Lectotype worker (designated by Ward 1989: 440), Para, Brazil (BMNH) [Examined] [Also imaged on AntWeb: CASENT0902923] [Preoccupied by <i>Pseudomyrmex laeviceps</i> F. Smith 1859 = <i>Tetraponera laeviceps</i> (F. Smith)].</p> <p> <i>Pseudomyrmex laevifrons</i> Ward 1989: 440. Replacement name.</p> <p> <b>Other material examined</b> (ALWC, BMNH, CASC, CPDC, CUIC, FSCA, INBC, INPA, IZAV, JTLC, KWJC, LACM, MCZC, MNHN, MPEG, MZLU, MZSP, PSWC, UCDC, USNM). BOLIVIA <i>Beni</i>: 46 km SSW San Borja, 300 m (P. S. Ward); BRAZIL <i>Amapá</i>: Oiapoque (W. L. Overal); <i>Amazonas</i>: Faz. Esteio, 80 km NNE Manaus, 80 m (P. S. Ward); High Falls, Rio Tarumã (W. L. Brown); Tefé [as " Ega "] (c.u.); <i>Bahia</i>: C. das Almas, Fz. Capivari (M. R. B. Smith); Canavieiras (V. L. Mello); Guarajuba, Camacari (J. Delabie); Ilhéus (V. L. Mello); Ilhéus-Cepec (J. D. Majer); Ilhéus-Cepec (H. J. Santos); Itacaré (V. L. Mello); São Miguel, Ilheus (A. Batista); São Miguel, Ilheus (I. C. Nascimento); <i>Para</i>: Monte Dourado, Area 75 (C. J. Marsh); COLOMBIA <i>San Andrés y Providencia</i>: San Andrés Isla, Massalli Hill (F. Castellanos); COSTA RICA <i>Alajuela</i>: 11 mi N Florencia (D. H. Janzen); <i>Heredia</i>: Est. Biol. La Selva, 50–150 m (INBio /OET); <i>Limón</i>: La Lola (D. H. Janzen); <i>Puntarenas</i>: 19 km S Cuidad Neily, 20 m (P. S. Ward); Sirena, Penin. Osa, 50 m (J. T. Longino); Golfito, 5 m (P. S. Ward); ECUADOR <i>Los Ríos</i>: Jauneche, 19 km WSW Mocache, 60 m (P. S. Ward); <i>Napo</i>: 1 km SW Archidona, W side Río Misahuallí, 550 m (A. L. Wild); 3 km NNE Archidona, 650 m (A. L. Wild); Jatun Sacha, 7 km ESE Pto. Misahuallí, 400 m (P. S. Ward); <i>Orellana</i>: Tiputini Biodiversity Station (T. Erwin); <i>Sucumbios</i>: Cuyabeno, Destacamento Patria, 200 m (D. A. Donoso); Sacha Lodge [as " Sacha "] (L. Huggert); FRENCH GUIANA <i>Cayenne</i>: Kaw Mountains, 325 m (K. Sarv); Petit Saut [as " Petit Saux "] (Estelle); Sinnamary (G. Délye); <i>Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni</i>: Haut-Itany (R. Garrouste); GUYANA <i>Cuyuni-Mazaruni</i>: Kartabo (W. M. Wheeler); <i>East Berbice-Corentyne</i>: New River, 750 ft. (C. A. Hudson); <i>Essequibo Islands-West Demerara</i>: Timehri, 0–50 m (J. T. Longino); Wales, 0–50 m (J. T.</p> <p> Longino); NICARAGUA <i>Madriz</i>: 12.1 mi N Condega, Hwy. 1 (D. H. Janzen); PANAMA <i>Colón</i>: Pipeline Rd. (G. G. Montgomery; Y.Lubin); PERU <i>Huánuco</i>: Tingo Maria, Cueva de las Pavas (L. Huggert); <i>Junín</i>: Satipo (L. Huggert); <i>Loreto</i>: Iquitos, Barillal (L. Huggert); <i>Madre de Dios</i>: Cuzco Amazónico, 15 km NE Pto. Maldonado (S. P. Cover; J. E. Tobin); Pakitza, Rio Manu, 250 m (Erwin; Farrell); <i>San Martín</i>: 24 km NNE Tarapoto, 220 m (P. S. Ward); Convento, 26 km NNE Tarapoto, 220 m (P. S. Ward); <i>Ucayali</i>: Yurac, 67 mi E Tingo Maria (E. I. Schlinger; E. S. Ross); TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: <i>Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo</i>: 2 km SE Las Lomas (J. K. Wetterer); <i>Sangre Grande</i>: Tapana (J. K. Wetterer); <i>Siparia</i>: La Brea (H. Morrison); <i>Tobago</i>: 1 1/ 8 mi ESE Adelphi (P. Feinsinger); <i>Tunapuna-Piarco</i>: 2 km E Carmichael (J. K. Wetterer); 2 km NW Howson, (J. K. Wetterer); Heights of Guanapo (J. K. Wetterer); Waller Field, 10 m (P. Feinsinger); Waller Field (J. K. Wetterer); VENEZUELA <i>Aragua</i>: Ocumare de la Costa, 20 m (P. S. Ward); <i>Barinas</i>: 10 km WNW Santa Barbara, 280 m (P. S. Ward); <i>Bolívar</i>: 49 km ENE Tumeremo, 200 m (P. S. Ward); Campamento Río Grande, 250 m (P. S. Ward); Rio Akanan, 470 m (J. Lattke); <i>Miranda</i>: Cúpira, 15 m (W. Goitia); Padron, Est. Exp. de Caucagua, ca. R. Tuy & R. Cuira (Brandão et al.); <i>Trujillo</i>: 19 km E Boconó, 600 m (P. S. Ward);</p> <p> <b>Worker measurements</b> (n = 16). HL 0.65–0.75, HW 0.47–0.55, MFC 0.005–0.010, LHT 0.36–0.41, CI 0.69– 0.78, REL 0.57–0.64, REL2 0.79–0.87, FCI 0.010–0.019, FI 0.50–0.56, PLI 0.66–0.80, PWI 0.54–0.66.</p> <p> <b>Worker diagnosis</b>. Small species (HL 0.65–0.75, HW 0.47–0.55) with elongate head and eyes (CI 0.69–0.78, REL 0.57–0.64, REL2 0.79–0.87); masticatory margin of mandible with 5 teeth; palp formula 4,3; juncture between dorsal and declivitous faces of propodeum usually notably angulate, sometimes producing slight tubercles laterally; anterodorsal face of petiole usually ascending relatively steeply (Fig. 5 b). Head smooth and shiny with scattered fine punctulae; pronotum similar centrally, but remainder of mesosoma becoming sublucid, with coriarious-imbricate sculpture on most surfaces including mesopleuron, metapleuron and propodeum; petiole, postpetiole and gaster with moderately dense pubescence. Standing pilosity sparse (MSC 2); paired erect setae present on pronotal humeri, petiole and postpetiole. Dark brown, mandibles, frontoclypeal complex and tarsi lighter; pronotum, petiole and postpetiole often a contrastingly lighter medium- to yellowish-brown.</p> <p> <b>Comments</b>. Workers of this species can be recognized by their small size (HW 0.47–0.55), shiny puncticulate head, angulate propodeum, and the presence of a single pair of erect setae on the pronotal humeri, petiole and postpetiole. <i>P. obtusus</i> and <i>P. parvulus</i> have a more densely sculptured head and less standing pilosity (lacking at least on the petiole). Differences between <i>P. laeviceps</i> and the closely similar <i>P. micans</i> are discussed under the latter species.</p> <p> <b>Distribution and biology</b>. This species is distributed from Nicaragua to Bolivia and central Brazil, and has been recorded from tropical moist forest, rainforest, second-growth rainforest, and rainforest edge. Most collections consist of scattered foragers on low vegetation and on recent treefalls. I have collected seven nest series, all from dead twigs of woody plants: two from vines, three from Melastomataceae trees, and two from unidentified plants.</p>Published as part of <i>Ward, Philip S., 2017, A review of the Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus and Pseudomyrmex goeldii species groups: acacia-ants and relatives (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), pp. 524-542 in Zootaxa 4227 (4)</i> on pages 535-536, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/306006">http://zenodo.org/record/306006</a>
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No full textEnterprise portals are being viewed as the next generation application platform of choice, offering benefits over both client/server and thin client arrangements. By providing a mediating layer between the information applications and resources of the organisation and the individuals using them, enterprise portals appear to provide a unique context to allow both the organisational and individual perspectives of information systems to be addressed. This study seeks to examine these often competing perspectives of information systems by using an exploratory empirical survey to investigate the actual deployment of enterprise portals within a range of different organisations. It is found that both the individual and organisational benefits that enterprise portals can offer appear to have been recognised, and coherent sets of services addressing each of these perspectives are being developed. Consistent with diffusion and acceptance of technology models, organisations appear to be commencing their portal developments with services that will ensure utilisation by individuals, and are subsequently seeking to realise organisational level benefits
Validity of the Impact on Participation and Autonomy questionnaire – a comparison between the Netherlands and the UK
No full textErnest E. Ward Correspondence
No full textEntries include brief biographical information and letters of correspondence typed on The Anchorage, Harrison, Maine, Cabins -- Camps, stationery from Ward after prompting by his local Bookmobile driver Edward Martin concerning the recent publication of Ward\u27s books The Cat\u27s Meow and My First Sixty Years in Harrison a book with information about the Bridgton & Saco River narrow-gauge railroad, a copy of a newspaper review clipping with some biographical information as well as a record of Ward\u27s marriages as Justice of the Peace, a copy of a review written by historian and former dean of Colby College, Ernest C. Marriner, a transcript copy of the Marriner review, and a typed letter from the Maine State Library concerning the contact information of John P. Burnham, editor of the Bulletin of the Maine Library Association
Aneuploidy frequencies in mature and immature spermatozoa classified by the absence or presence of cytoplasmic retention: an assessment with fluorescence in situ hybridization
No full textPreviously, a relationship has been found between diminished cellular maturity of human spermatozoa and low-level expression of the testis-specific chaperone protein, HspA2. Because HspA2 is a component of the synaptonemal complex in rodents, and assuming that this is also the case in men, it was postulated that the frequency of chromosomal aneuploidies would be higher in immature versus mature spermatozoa. This question was examined in spermatozoa from semen and from 80% Percoll pellets (enriched for mature spermatozoa) of the same ejaculate in 10 oligozoospermic men. Immature spermatozoa with retained cytoplasm, which signifies spermiogenetic arrest, were identified by immunocytochemistry. Using fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH), ∼7000 sperm nuclei were evaluated in each of the 20 fractions (142 086 spermatozoa in all) using centromeric probes for the X, Y and 17 chromosomes. The proportions of immature spermatozoa were 45.4 ± 3.4 versus 26.6 ± 2.2% in the two semen versus the Percoll groups (medians: 48.2 versus 25%, P < 0.001, n = 300 spermatozoa per fraction, total 6000 spermatozoa). There was also a concomitant decline in total disomy, total diploidy and total aneuploidy frequencies in the 80% Percoll versus semen fractions (0.17 versus 0.54%, 0.14 versus 0.26% and 0.31 versus 0.81% respectively, P < 0.001 in all comparisons). The mean decline of aneuploidies was 2.7-fold. With regard to the hypothesis that aneuploidies are related to sperm immaturity, there was a close correlation between the incidence of immature spermatozoa and disomies (r = 0.7, P < 0.001) but no correlation with diploidies (r = 0.03), indicating that disomies originate primarily in immature spermatozoa. It is suggested that the common factor underlying sperm immaturity and aneuploidies is the diminished expression of HspA2. In addition, the lack of this chaperone may also cause diminished cellular transport of proteins, such as DNA-repair enzymes or of the retention of cytoplasm that is extruded from normally maturing spermatozoa during spermiogenesis
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